Extendable shower apparatus

Abstract

An extendable shower apparatus is disposed with a rain shower head and a handheld shower and includes a shower panel, a lateral spray assembly, and a switch. The shower panel is connected to the rain shower head and the handheld shower and has a pivotally connecting portion. The lateral spray assembly is movably disposed to the shower panel and includes a swinging arm and a shower head. The swinging arm is connected to the pivotally connecting portion to allow the lateral spray assembly to protrude out of a side of the shower panel. The shower head is disposed at an end of the swinging arm. The switch is adapted to control water to output from one of the rain shower head, the lateral spray assembly, and the handheld shower. Thus, the extendable shower apparatus could provide a function of lateral showering to fulfill the required demand of a user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An extendable shower apparatus comprising a rain shower head and a handheld shower, wherein the extendable shower apparatus comprises:
 a shower panel connected to the rain shower head and the handheld shower and disposed with at least one pivotally connecting portion;   at least one lateral spray assembly movably disposed to the shower panel and comprising a swinging arm and a shower head, wherein the swinging arm is connected to the at least one pivotally connecting portion, thereby allowing the at least one lateral spray assembly to extends away from a side of the shower panel, and the shower head is disposed on an end of the swinging arm that is away from the shower panel; and   a switch disposed on the shower panel and adapted to control water output from one of the rain shower head, the handheld shower, and the at least one lateral spray assembly to output water.   
     
     
         2 . The extendable shower apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the shower panel has at least one receiving groove, and a shower space is formed between the rain shower head and the shower panel; the at least one lateral spray assembly is operably moved between a folded position and an extended position; when the at least one lateral spray assembly is located at the folded position, the swinging arm is received in the at least one receiving groove; when the at least one lateral spray assembly is located at the extended position, the swinging arm is pivotally swung outward to disengage from the receiving grooves and radially extends from the sides of the shower panel; the shower head is able to spray water toward the shower space. 
     
     
         3 . The extendable shower apparatus as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the swinging arm comprises a first adjustable section and a second adjustable section; an end of the first adjustable section is connected to one of the at least one pivotally connecting portions of the shower panel, and another end of the first adjustable section is pivotally connected to the second adjustable section; the shower head is disposed on the second adjustable section; when the at least one lateral spray assembly is located at the folded position, the first adjustable section is overlapped with the second adjustable section. 
     
     
         4 . The extendable shower apparatus as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the first adjustable section has a first axis, and the second adjustable section has a second axis; when the at least one lateral spray assembly pivotally swing from the folded position to the extended position, the second adjustable section is tilted toward the shower space relative to the first adjustable section; a first angle formed between the first axis and the second axis is in a range of 10 to 50 degrees. 
     
     
         5 . The extendable shower apparatus as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the at least one lateral spray assembly is operably moved to a transitional position, the transitional position is located between the folded position and the extended position; when the at least one lateral spray assembly is located at the transitional position, the swinging arm is pivotally swung outward to disengage from the receiving groove, and a second angle formed between the first adjustable section and the second adjustable section is in a range of 10 to 80 degrees. 
     
     
         6 . The extendable shower apparatus as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein each of two ends of the first adjustable section has a first connecting groove and a second connecting groove; the first adjustable section is connected to one of the pivotally connecting portions of the shower panel via the first connecting groove; an end of the second adjustable section has a pivotally connecting head, and the second adjustable section is connected to the second connecting groove of the first adjustable section via the pivotally connecting head. 
     
     
         7 . The extendable shower apparatus as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the first adjustable section has a protrusion which is disposed at an outer edge of the second connecting groove, and the second adjustable section has a recess which is disposed at a side of the pivotally connecting head; when the at least one lateral spray assembly is located at the folded position, the protrusion of the first adjustable section is received into the recess of the second adjustable section; when the at least one lateral spray assembly is pivotally swung to the extended position from the folded position, the protrusion of the first adjustable section is disengaged from the recess of the second adjustable section to allow the second adjustable section to be tiled by and abut against the protrusion of the first adjustable section. 
     
     
         8 . The extendable shower apparatus as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the shower panel comprises a spout that is engaged with a top portion of the body portion of the shower panel; the shower space is formed between the body portion and spout; the rain shower head is mounted to the spout and faces toward the shower space; the handheld shower is mounted at a bottom portion of the body portion of the shower panel. 
     
     
         9 . The extendable shower apparatus as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the shower panel comprises a body portion which has four receiving grooves; two of the four receiving grooves are located at one of the two sides of the body portion of the shower panel, and the other two of the four receiving grooves are located at another one of the two sides of the body portion of the shower panel; the shower panel is disposed with four pivotally connecting portions, each of the four pivotally connecting portions is located in one of the four receiving grooves; the at least one lateral spray assembly comprises four lateral spray assemblies, and each of the four lateral spray assemblies is able to be stored in one of the four receiving grooves. 
     
     
         10 . The extendable shower apparatus as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the body portion of the shower panel has four slots, and each of the four slots is respectively connected to one of the four receiving grooves and faces toward the shower space; when each of the four lateral spray assemblies is received in one of the four receiving grooves, the shower head of each of the four lateral spray assemblies is received in corresponding one of the slots.